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Servers, bartenders, baristas, cocktail waiters or waitresses... here are a number of things you can do right now to increase your tips and take home more money by the end of the week. Some of these ideas really have little to do with your actual service and a lot to do with human nature in general.

Interviewing for a job is only slightly less nerve-wracking than walking a tightrope—and at least as difficult. Your life may not be on the line, but your future job is! So, to make things a little easier, we’ve put together a handy guide for everything you should be doing on the day of your interview. It’s about as close as we can get to actually taking the interview for you.

Being charismatic is important in any job—but when you’re working in hospitality, it might just be what gets you promoted. And while many people believe that charisma is something you’re born with, that’s actually not the case. In fact, three researchers from the University of Lausanne found that anyone can be taught to be more charismatic.

Email is a breeding ground for miscommunication. Unfortunately, it’s also the most popular medium for professional communication. While there are many translation errors we can’t avoid, there are some we absolutely can—like these phrases.

What if we could offer you a shortcut to becoming a better hotel manager? That probably sounds too good to be true. And what if we could offer you six shortcuts to becoming a better manager? That definitely sounds too good to be true.

These days, most people believe having a mentor is key to success, especially in the hospitality industry. Much of the time, a person who is in a senior role in hospitality has worked many different positions throughout their career; therefore having extensive knowledge and perspective from every angle of a career in the industry. But you shouldn’t stop at one—in fact, there are actually five types of mentors that every professional needs in his or her professional life.

Servers, bartenders, baristas, cocktail waiters or waitresses... here are a number of things you can do right now to increase your tips and take home more money by the end of the week. Some of these ideas really have little to do with your actual service and a lot to do with human nature in general.

It may seem like a lot of work to make a 5-year career plan, but it’s hard to get where you want to go without a clear roadmap. Instead of just taking whatever job comes along, it makes sense to take the time to evaluate what you like to do, where you want to live, how much money you’d like to make, etc. and then make thoughtful decisions that will help get you there.

When you’re just starting out in your hospitality career, you want to be aware of how to begin building the skills you’ll need to eventually become a manager. Being a “leader” is not the same as being a “manager,” however it’s best if both roles are blended into one.

When you work at a large hotel, it’s easy to blend in or lose a little visibility. There are likely many other people who perform the same functions you do, and your managers see a lot of faces every day.

Career aptitude tests usually try to figure out if you’re an introvert or an extrovert – and they tend to steer the introverts toward occupations that are stereotypically viewed as quiet or solitary, like transcriptionist or librarian.

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to take an honest inventory of your professional life and re-evaluate both your strengths AND weaknesses so that you can enjoy a more successful 2018 with some new ideas and strategies to move your career ahead.